When Alysha Brilla, Nadia Mohamed and Tameera Mohamed were stopped by a police officer and told to put their shirts on after cycling topless last week in Kitchener, the three sisters could not have known their protest against the officer’s order would go viral. After all, it’s been legal for women to bare their breasts in Ontario since former University of Guelph student Gwen Jacob finally won her legal battle for the right to appear topless in public back in 1996. While seeing bare female breasts may make some uncomfortable, and others may feel the sisters were pulling a stunt rather than asserting their rights, the principles established in the Jacob case two decades ago remain valid. Consider the lifeguard in Guelph who told an eight-year-old girl (we’re not making this up) to put on her top at a wading pool in June.

A leader in Toronto's Jewish community called for understanding in response to a controversy CBC News reported about yesterday, in which a woman travelling on a Porter Airlines flight refused to move to another seat to accommodate an ultra-Orthodox man

Miranda Lambert is continuing her #MusicIsMedicine mission in the wake of her divorce form Blake Shelton.
The country superstar attended Shania Twain's show in Nashville on Friday night and got a little backstage time with the "That Don't Impress Me Much

Residents of Warren County, Missouri, finally know why small animals have been disappearing and dogs have been barking at odd times in the night. The likely culprit -- a monstrous 14-foot-7-inch Burmese Python weighing in at 160 pounds -- was found by local resident Pauline Horstdaniel in her yard, local station KTVI reports. "I was terrified," Horstdaniel recalled to KTVI. A call to a local snake expert proved fruitless, as he offered to catch the python -- but only when he got back into town days later.

In case you haven't heard, the days of mandatory bridesmaids uniforms -- the same boring dress in the same drab color -- are over. And what a relief it is! More and more brides are letting their 'maids

A Gatineau woman is fighting to get her child's name changed to recognize the baby's father, who died of flesh-eating disease before the little girl was born. "I can't give her her father," Roxanne Lauzon said of two-month-old baby Faith. Lauzon's boyfriend Robert Lajambe died suddenly in May after flesh-eating disease took over his body.

Design student Michele Chu has come up with the spray-on condom as part of her Girlplay condom company - and it’s aimed at both men and women. Michele wants to revolutionise the condom market - and the spray-on version is the centrepiece of her designs. The student of Pratt College of Art and Design said: “I thought the condom market needed some refreshing.

Three senators will see their suspensions without pay come to an abrupt end once an election is called, but only one will be get immediate, full access to perks and expenses. The suspensions of Pamela Wallin, Mike Duffy and Patrick Brazeau would end as soon as Prime Minister Stephen Harper asks for Parliament to be dissolved, setting off the federal election campaign. Brazeau faces two criminal charges as a result of his housing claims, while Duffy is charged with 31 counts of fraud, breach of trust and bribery.

Stuart ‘The Brand’ Baggs, the memorable star of BBC’s The Apprentice, has been found dead at an address on the Isle Of Man.The 27-year-old, famed for his memorable catchphrases on the show, was discovered by police, who have yet to determine a cause of

(CNN)Abumbi II, the 11th fon, or king, of Bafut, Cameroon, has close to 100 wives. According to local tradition, when a fon dies, his successor inherits all his wives and then marries his own queens. "The queens have a great role to play in the fondom," notes Prince Nickson, also of Bafut, noting that it is up to these women behind the man to shape him in his kingly role. "Behind every successful man must be a very successful, staunch woman," says Abumbi's third wife, Queen Constance.

The greatest all-time scorer in NBA history, finishing his career with 38,387 points – two-thirds of which were scored in a Laker uniform. Just his Laker points alone would rank him 24th all-time, behind Allen Iverson and ahead of Charles Barkley. Offered a vision of the modern game even while working in comparative obscurity as a Laker in the 1960s.

Florida plant detectives are on the trail of a slippery foe, an invasive African land snail that is wily, potentially infectious, and can grow as big as a tennis shoe. In the four years since Giant African Snails were discovered in Miami, they have slowly but surely spread to new territory, alarming residents in the southern suburbs and the neighboring county of Broward. Since 2011, Florida has spent $10.8 million on the Giant African Snail eradication program, according to state agriculture department spokesman Mark Fagan. "The fact is they're a human- and animal-health threat, and they're a threat to Florida's agriculture," said Fagan.

(CNN)On May 13, 2014, South Florida resident Robert Baumann went to pick up his daughter, Lilly, from the home of her mother, Megan Everett. When he got there, Everett and Lilly were nowhere to be found. Everett's boyfriend, Carlos Lesters, answered the door.

It's been a big Summer for the British royals and we got to see the Swedish royals get married in a lavish ceremony, but now the Monaco royals are grabbing the spotlight! Pierre Casirahgi and his girlfriend of six years, Beatrice Borromeo, made it official with a wedding last Saturday. The civil ceremony at Monaco's Pink Palace was followed by a garden party and a reception at Monaco's Hotel de Paris.

Catherine Finn was remembered for her “sharp wit” and “steely backbone,” as well as her bold opinions. It only makes sense that her obituary wouldn’t be any different.The 72-year-old’s obituary appeared in newspapers last week and is going viral ever

The new look Mickey Rourke, acting legend, was spotted out and about this week with yet another drastic new look. His chiseled face, designer stubble and new ‘do make him look completely different to the actor who became a pin-up in the 80s. (Image Credit

Fri, Jul 31: A warning for people about the dangers of shellfish, over 35 people have taken ill from ingesting poorly cooked shellfish. Julia Foy explains the dangers and the techniques to avoid trouble this holiday weekend.

Gun silencer sales are on fire. The number of registered silencers surged 38% from last year to 792,282 in February 2015, according to the most recent figures from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. "It's getting to be more mainstream," said Josh Waldron, CEO of SilencerCo, which makes and sells silencers. Waldron said his company has nearly doubled its workforce in the past year to 215 employees and also added more machinery as it tries to work through a backlog of orders.

Such is the case now in the St. Lawrence River city of Cornwall, Ontario. Seems there’s three young kids – Kristopher, Kristina and Clayton Cadieux – who earn their pocket money selling worms ($2.50 a dozen) on the lawn of their parents’ Cornwall home.

Some northern hunters are shaking their heads over the global outrage against sport hunting sparked by the killing of a lion in Zimbabwe, while others say killing animals for sport is an abuse of nature. Earlier this month, a wealthy Minnesota dentist, Walter Palmer, killed a well-known lion named Cecil. For days, people have been lighting up Twitter and Facebook, raging against Palmer and, more broadly, sport hunting.

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